Sverdlovsk Region’s division of Rospotrebnadzor (the state consumer rights watchdog) carried out a number of inspections of companies dealing in gross sales of toys. The inspections revealed that some companies offered for sale toy bird incubators and birds whose toluene contents exceeded the maximum permissible level by five times: the toluene content came to 3.03 milligrams per cubic meter instead of the maximum permissible level of .6 milligrams per cubic meter. The toys were manufactured by Vita Production Limited, the Chinese toy-maker, the spokesperson for Rospotrebnadzor in Yekaterinburg reports.

Following the inspections, heads of wholesale companies had to pay fines and were ordered to eliminate the violations and stop selling the harmful toys.